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Drug Dependency: Over-The-Counter Addiction Trap

Drug dependency is a commonly misunderstood reality in today’s culture. Mention drug dependency, and most people are quick to imagine the homeless addict, thieving to support a heroin or crack habit. However, today’s reality proves that pigeonholed cliché isn’t always the case. In fact, with the advent of doctor prescribed medications and over the counter [...]

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How group therapy works and builds your life skills with others

There are many misconceptions and misunderstandings about what group therapy is, whom it’s for, and how it works. Eliminating misunderstandings about group therapy can go a long way towards getting people the help that they need. Group therapy, like individual therapy, is intended to help people who want to improve their quality of life by [...]

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Finding self-esteem will improve all aspects of your life

Modernity has most of us familiar with using the terms “self-esteem”, “self-image”, and “self-confidence” on a regular basis, but how many people know, exactly, what self-esteem really is? How many people are plagued by a low self-esteem yet don’t understand why or how to improve it? How many people live, day-in and day-out, with low [...]

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Welcome to my first blog post. Some of you will know me – and for those that don’t, a brief introduction:

I struggled with addictions to drugs and alcohol from the age of fifteen. It was then a fifteen year long journey that took me from international drug smuggling and dealing to the park benches of Brixton. Ultimately, it took me to a place where death not only seemed inevitable – it was the only thing [...]

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